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Autore |
Gaddis John Lewis |
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Titolo |
The landscape of history : how historians map the past / / John Lewis Gaddis |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-771419-6 |
1-280-75975-5 |
0-19-536205-5 |
1-4294-3109-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (207 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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History - Philosophy |
History - Methodology |
Aesthetics - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2002. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; ONE: The Landscape of History; TWO: Time and Space; THREE: Structure and Process; FOUR: The Interdependency of Variables; FIVE: Chaos and Complexity; SIX: Causation, Contingency, and Counterfactuals; SEVEN: Molecules with Minds of Their Own; EIGHT: Seeing Like a Historian; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What is history, and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. It provides a searching look at the historian's craft. |
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